Strong G5419φράζω
to explain
- Transliteration
- phrazō
- Pronunciation
- frad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably akin to G5420 through the idea of defining; to indicate (by word or act) that is (specifically) to expound: - declare.
Detailed definition
φράζω
[in LXX: Job.6:24 (בִּין hi.) Job.12:8 (יָרָה hi.), Dan LXX 2:4 (חָוָה pa.) *;]
to show forth, tell, declare, explain: Mat.13:36 (WH, RV, διασάφησον) Mat.15:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.6:24 (בִּין hi.) Job.12:8 (יָרָה hi.), Dan LXX 2:4 (חָוָה pa.) *;]
to show forth, tell, declare, explain: Mat.13:36 (WH, RV, διασάφησον) Mat.15:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5419 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- declare2
First verses
- Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 15:15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φράζω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 25, etc.)]: poetry imperfect φράζον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.61:)]future φράσω [ᾰ] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 781, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἔφρᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Venerem” 128, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 442, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150, etc.)]; poetry φράσα [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 231 (Lyric poetry); _imperative_ φράσσατε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.117)]: perfect πέφρᾰκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.93, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.23: _Epic dialect_)]aorist πέφρᾰδον, ἐπέφραδον used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.500, +others (in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.273, 8.142, πέφραδε is _imperative_))]; optative πεφράδοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.335)]; infinitive πεφραδέειν, πεφραδέμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.477, 7.49)]; 1st pers. singular ἐπέφραδον only [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.127)]: also aorist 1 participle genitive φράδαντος uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).261.15 (Mantinea, 6th c.BC))]:— middle and passive, φράζομαι, Epic dialect imperative φράζεο, φράζευ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.440, 9.251)]; infinitive φράζεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.294: _Epic dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _sing._)]imperfect φράζετο, φραζέσκετο,[Refs (11.624, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 346:)]future φράσομαι [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.234)], Epic dialect φράσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.238)]: aorist 1 ἐφρᾰσάμην [Refs (17.161)], Epic dialect φρᾰσάμην [Refs (23.75)]; 3rd.pers. singular and plural ἐφράσσατο, φράσσαντο,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.529, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.671; _imperative_ φράσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.331, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 113)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive φράσσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.217)]; Epic dialect infinitive φράσσασθαι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57)]: aorist passive ἐφράσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.485, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 546:)]perfect πέφρασμαι (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 438, (in _passive_ sense) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.195)]; participle, προ-πεφραδμένος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 655)].—The aorist middle is chiefly Epic dialect, also [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 94, 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 5.4, 34.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 113, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 653 (Lyric poetry))]:—point out, show (never say, tell, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus _accusative_ to 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus), ἐς χῶρον ὃν φράσε Κίρκη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.22, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.138, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.424)]; also, show the way to, show where to find, ᾗ οἱ Ἀθήνη πέφραδε δῖον ὑφορβόν [Refs (14.3, compare 8.68; σήματ᾽.., τά οἱ ἔμπεδα πέφραδ᾽ Ὀδυσσεύς)]showed, [Refs (19.250)]; μῦθον πέφραδε πᾶσιν show, make known the word to all, [Refs (1.273, compare 8.142; δεῖξε καὶ ἔφρασε “hymnus ad Venerem” 128)]; φράσσατέ μοι δόμους show me them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.117; ἔφρασε τὴν ἀτραπόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.213; κόποι αὐτόματοι φράζουσι νούσους 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 2.5; δμώων δή τινα.. μοι φράσον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.47; τὸ παράδειγμα ὃ ἂν φράζῃ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων “IG” 22.1668.96: _absolutely_, φωνῆσαι μὲν οὐκ εἶχε, τῇ δὲ χειρὶ ἔφραζε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.113; ἀντὶ φωνῆς φράζε.. χερί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1061.)]
2 show forth, tell, declare, λόγον, ἔπος, ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.60, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 173 (troch.), “Supp.” 320; φ. τοῖσι ἥκουσι τὰ πρήγματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100; ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνωντὰ λοιπά σοι φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 781; τιπρός τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 359 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: with double _accusative_, φ. τινά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.100)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 267b; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117 (see. below); ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “Ep.” 6.8)]: rarely with genitive, tell of, τῆς μητρὸς ἥκω τῆς ἐμῆς φράσων, ἐν οἷς νῦν ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1122: followed by a _relative_ clause, φ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278b, etc.; φ. ὡς δεῖ γεωργεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.8; φ. οἷ᾽ ἐπορσύνθη κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 267, compare “Pr.” 995, etc.)]; with double construction, φ. τό τε ὄνομα καὶ ἐν ᾗ κώμῃ οἰκοῦσιν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PRev.Laws” 29.5 (3rd c.BC))]: rarely with participle, πεφραδέειν πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.477; οὐκ ἔφραζες σῆς προκείμενον νέκυν γυναικός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1012)]: later with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus)] [same place]; explain (opposed to λέγω, which means simply speak, say), φράσον ἅπερ γ᾽ ἔλεξας declare, explain what thou didst say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 559; φράζε δὴ τί φῄς [prev. author] “OT” 655; φράζουσιν ἃ λέγει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.18; φράζε λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814c; οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ σαφῶς φράσαι περὶ αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117, compare “Ep.” 1.2; σαφῶς φ. τοῖς βουλομένοις συνιέναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.129)]; of teachers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180b)]; of oracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1048, “Pl.” 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923a, etc.)]; of letters, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 15: _absolutely_, τοῦτο φράζει ὅτι)] this signifies that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.30.)]
2.b cultivate style or phrasing, opposed to αὐτὸ τὸ γράφειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 1 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
3 with dative person et infinitive, tell one to do so and so, ἵνα γάρ σφιν ἐπέφραδον ἠγερέθεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.127)]; δὴ γάρ μοι ἐπέφραδε.. Κίρκη (i.e. ἰέναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.549; τοῖς ἀνθρώποισι φ. σιγᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 98 (_anapaest meter_); τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.58, compare 3.15.)]
4 absolutely, give counsel, advise, suggest, δόλος ἦν ὁ φράσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 197 (Lyric poetry).)]
II middle and passive, indicate to oneself, i.e. think or muse upon, consider, ponder, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, Trag., but not in Attic dialect Prose; εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.554)]; φράζεσθαι βουλήν, βουλάς,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.313, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.510; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ἀμείνω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.423; πάντα μετὰ φρεσίν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 688; θυμῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.646; ἐφράσθη καὶ ἐς θυμὸν ἐβάλετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; πρὸς ταῦτα φράζου)]bethink thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 383)]; ἀμφὶς φ. to think differently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.14: followed by εἰ)] with future indicative, consider whether..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.83, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.192.)]
II.2 purpose, plan, contrive, φ. τινὶ κακά, θάνατον, ὄλεθρον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.367, 3.242, 13.373; μέγ᾽ ὄνειαρ 4.444; ἐσθλά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.212; φράσσατο Πατρόκλῳ μέγα ἠρίον 23.126)]; φράσσεται ὥς κε νέηται will contrive how.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.205; φ. ὅπως ὄχ᾽ ἄριστα γένοιτο 3.129, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1041.)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, think, suppose, believe, imagine that.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.624; οὐκ ἐφράζετο δυνατὸς εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.154.)]
II.4 perceive, observe, οἷον ἐγὼν οἰωνὸν.. ἐφρασάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.161)]; τὴν (i.e. τὴν οὐλὴν) ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην [Refs (23.75)]; with a participle, τὸν δὲ φράσατο προσιόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.339, compare 23.453: later with _genitive_, χειμῶνος 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 745; πομπᾶς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.84: rarely with)]participle, ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ φράζεται marks not that he will die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.68.)]
II.5 watch, guard, [ὀρσοθύρην] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.129.)]
II.6 beware of, ξύλινον λόχον Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57: frequently in _imperative_, φράζευ κύνα)]cave canem, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1030 (hexameters); φράσσαι κυναλώπεκα μή σε δολώσῃ [prev. work] 1067 (hexameters))]; φράζεο δή, μὴ.. μάρψῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 1099 (hexameters), compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 52)]: with infinitive, φράζου μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 213 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, φράζου)]take care! [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 130)]. (Perh. cf. Lith girdziù 'I hear', infinitive girdēti.)
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 25, etc.)]: poetry imperfect φράζον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.61:)]future φράσω [ᾰ] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 781, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἔφρᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Venerem” 128, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 442, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.150, etc.)]; poetry φράσα [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 231 (Lyric poetry); _imperative_ φράσσατε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.117)]: perfect πέφρᾰκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.93, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.23: _Epic dialect_)]aorist πέφρᾰδον, ἐπέφραδον used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.500, +others (in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.273, 8.142, πέφραδε is _imperative_))]; optative πεφράδοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.335)]; infinitive πεφραδέειν, πεφραδέμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.477, 7.49)]; 1st pers. singular ἐπέφραδον only [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.127)]: also aorist 1 participle genitive φράδαντος uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).261.15 (Mantinea, 6th c.BC))]:— middle and passive, φράζομαι, Epic dialect imperative φράζεο, φράζευ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.440, 9.251)]; infinitive φράζεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.294: _Epic dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _sing._)]imperfect φράζετο, φραζέσκετο,[Refs (11.624, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 346:)]future φράσομαι [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.234)], Epic dialect φράσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.238)]: aorist 1 ἐφρᾰσάμην [Refs (17.161)], Epic dialect φρᾰσάμην [Refs (23.75)]; 3rd.pers. singular and plural ἐφράσσατο, φράσσαντο,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.529, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.671; _imperative_ φράσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.331, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 113)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive φράσσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.217)]; Epic dialect infinitive φράσσασθαι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57)]: aorist passive ἐφράσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.485, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 546:)]perfect πέφρασμαι (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 438, (in _passive_ sense) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.195)]; participle, προ-πεφραδμένος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 655)].—The aorist middle is chiefly Epic dialect, also [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 94, 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 5.4, 34.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 113, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 653 (Lyric poetry))]:—point out, show (never say, tell, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus _accusative_ to 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus), ἐς χῶρον ὃν φράσε Κίρκη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.22, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.138, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.424)]; also, show the way to, show where to find, ᾗ οἱ Ἀθήνη πέφραδε δῖον ὑφορβόν [Refs (14.3, compare 8.68; σήματ᾽.., τά οἱ ἔμπεδα πέφραδ᾽ Ὀδυσσεύς)]showed, [Refs (19.250)]; μῦθον πέφραδε πᾶσιν show, make known the word to all, [Refs (1.273, compare 8.142; δεῖξε καὶ ἔφρασε “hymnus ad Venerem” 128)]; φράσσατέ μοι δόμους show me them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.117; ἔφρασε τὴν ἀτραπόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.213; κόποι αὐτόματοι φράζουσι νούσους 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 2.5; δμώων δή τινα.. μοι φράσον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.47; τὸ παράδειγμα ὃ ἂν φράζῃ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων “IG” 22.1668.96: _absolutely_, φωνῆσαι μὲν οὐκ εἶχε, τῇ δὲ χειρὶ ἔφραζε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.113; ἀντὶ φωνῆς φράζε.. χερί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1061.)]
2 show forth, tell, declare, λόγον, ἔπος, ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.60, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 173 (troch.), “Supp.” 320; φ. τοῖσι ἥκουσι τὰ πρήγματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100; ἑλοῦ γάρ, ἢ πόνωντὰ λοιπά σοι φράσω σαφηνῶς, ἢ τὸν ἐκλύσοντ᾽ ἐμέ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 781; τιπρός τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 359 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: with double _accusative_, φ. τινά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.100)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 267b; περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117 (see. below); ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “Ep.” 6.8)]: rarely with genitive, tell of, τῆς μητρὸς ἥκω τῆς ἐμῆς φράσων, ἐν οἷς νῦν ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1122: followed by a _relative_ clause, φ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278b, etc.; φ. ὡς δεῖ γεωργεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.8; φ. οἷ᾽ ἐπορσύνθη κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 267, compare “Pr.” 995, etc.)]; with double construction, φ. τό τε ὄνομα καὶ ἐν ᾗ κώμῃ οἰκοῦσιν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PRev.Laws” 29.5 (3rd c.BC))]: rarely with participle, πεφραδέειν πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.477; οὐκ ἔφραζες σῆς προκείμενον νέκυν γυναικός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1012)]: later with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus)] [same place]; explain (opposed to λέγω, which means simply speak, say), φράσον ἅπερ γ᾽ ἔλεξας declare, explain what thou didst say, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 559; φράζε δὴ τί φῄς [prev. author] “OT” 655; φράζουσιν ἃ λέγει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.18; φράζε λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814c; οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ σαφῶς φράσαι περὶ αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117, compare “Ep.” 1.2; σαφῶς φ. τοῖς βουλομένοις συνιέναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.129)]; of teachers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180b)]; of oracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1048, “Pl.” 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923a, etc.)]; of letters, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 15: _absolutely_, τοῦτο φράζει ὅτι)] this signifies that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.30.)]
2.b cultivate style or phrasing, opposed to αὐτὸ τὸ γράφειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 1 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
3 with dative person et infinitive, tell one to do so and so, ἵνα γάρ σφιν ἐπέφραδον ἠγερέθεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.127)]; δὴ γάρ μοι ἐπέφραδε.. Κίρκη (i.e. ἰέναι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.549; τοῖς ἀνθρώποισι φ. σιγᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 98 (_anapaest meter_); τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.58, compare 3.15.)]
4 absolutely, give counsel, advise, suggest, δόλος ἦν ὁ φράσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 197 (Lyric poetry).)]
II middle and passive, indicate to oneself, i.e. think or muse upon, consider, ponder, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, Trag., but not in Attic dialect Prose; εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.554)]; φράζεσθαι βουλήν, βουλάς,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.313, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.510; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ἀμείνω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.423; πάντα μετὰ φρεσίν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 688; θυμῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.646; ἐφράσθη καὶ ἐς θυμὸν ἐβάλετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; πρὸς ταῦτα φράζου)]bethink thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 383)]; ἀμφὶς φ. to think differently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.14: followed by εἰ)] with future indicative, consider whether..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.83, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.192.)]
II.2 purpose, plan, contrive, φ. τινὶ κακά, θάνατον, ὄλεθρον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.367, 3.242, 13.373; μέγ᾽ ὄνειαρ 4.444; ἐσθλά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.212; φράσσατο Πατρόκλῳ μέγα ἠρίον 23.126)]; φράσσεται ὥς κε νέηται will contrive how.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.205; φ. ὅπως ὄχ᾽ ἄριστα γένοιτο 3.129, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1041.)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, think, suppose, believe, imagine that.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.624; οὐκ ἐφράζετο δυνατὸς εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.154.)]
II.4 perceive, observe, οἷον ἐγὼν οἰωνὸν.. ἐφρασάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.161)]; τὴν (i.e. τὴν οὐλὴν) ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην [Refs (23.75)]; with a participle, τὸν δὲ φράσατο προσιόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.339, compare 23.453: later with _genitive_, χειμῶνος 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 745; πομπᾶς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.84: rarely with)]participle, ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ φράζεται marks not that he will die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.68.)]
II.5 watch, guard, [ὀρσοθύρην] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.129.)]
II.6 beware of, ξύλινον λόχον Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57: frequently in _imperative_, φράζευ κύνα)]cave canem, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1030 (hexameters); φράσσαι κυναλώπεκα μή σε δολώσῃ [prev. work] 1067 (hexameters))]; φράζεο δή, μὴ.. μάρψῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 1099 (hexameters), compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 52)]: with infinitive, φράζου μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 213 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, φράζου)]take care! [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 130)]. (Perh. cf. Lith girdziù 'I hear', infinitive girdēti.)